火 huǒ▶ api; memecat

Stroke order

火 is written in 4 strokes.

• 火

Senses

1. fire
2. urgent
3. ammunition
4. fiery or flaming
5. internal heat (Chinese medicine)
6. hot (popular)
7. classifier for military units (old)
8. Kangxi radical 86

Example sentences

• 火很大，快走。Huǒ hěn dà, kuài zǒu.The fire is big, leave quickly.
• 请小心用火。Qǐng xiǎoxīn yòng huǒ.Please be careful with fire.

Related words

• 火柴Pertandingan, cocok
• 着火terbakar
• 恼火marah; naik pitam
• 火焰nyala api
• 火箭roket
• 火药mesiu

火 is pronounced huǒ and means “api; memecat”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 火 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.